Taliban: The Unknown Enemy

Offers A History Of The Rise Of The Taliban In Afghanistan--from A Small Band Of Religious Students Led By A One-eyed Village Leader In 1994 To The Undenyable Military Force That Took Over The Country Three Years Later. The Tank Of Islam : Kandahar, 1994 -- The Army Of Orphans : Peshawar, 1996 -- Try Not To Hurt The People! : Kabul, 1996-1998 -- The Government That Might Have Been, 1998-2000 -- The Al-qaida Hijack, 1999-2001 -- Surviving The Daisycutters, 2001-2003 -- Like A Jam-jar To A Swarm Of Wasps : The Insurgency Explodes, 2003-2009 -- The Mcchrystal Plan : Sawing Wood With A Hammer -- This One, This Is The Big One : Mullah Zaeef And The Prospects For Peace -- The Trouble With President Karzai -- Getting Rich Quick In Tajik Kabul -- Not So Black And White, But Grey : Hizb-i-islami And The Afghan Parliament -- How To Talk To The Taliban -- In The Jalalabad Fief Of Shirzai -- The Taliban Of Chak. James Fergusson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 389-398) And Index.